School of Theology
Dr. John Hurtgen, Dean

“Connecting to Jesus for Life Change”
School of Theology, Campbellsville University

Our Task . . . To produce world changers

The heart of the School of Theology is to produce world changers. 

We carry out this task with a wholehearted response of gratitude, worship, and stewardship to God as revealed in Jesus Christ.

The tools for the task consist of a comprehensive program of Christian studies (Biblical studies, theology, philosophy, pastoral ministries & counseling, church history, educational ministries, sports ministry, and evangelism).

This is done as an integral part of Campbellsville University, a fellowship of learners dedicated to searching for and living within the truth under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

World changers are students who are . . .

Passionately Evangelical

People who are passionate about God’s good news in Jesus Christ and who have a strong desire for others to experience life in him

Rooted in the Biblical Story

People who love God’s powerful Word and who in community with others are learning, knowing, trusting, and following the Sacred Scriptures which are able, from beginning to end, to show the way to salvation in Jesus Christ

Church Connected

People who have a high view of the local church, but whose field of vision does not limit ministry to the “four walls” and who see the local church as a base from which to go out into the world

Servant Leaders

People, of high moral character and kingdom heart, who are developing Jesus’ qualities of servant leadership and who in turn develop servant leaders under them

Spiritual Entrepreneurs

Creative people who are energized by the possibilities of what God and faithful persons together can do; builders who start with nothing and see spiritual dreams take shape; inventors capable of reinvention to maintain effective ministry

Partners in an Enduring Fellowship

Students who make an impact for Christ during their student days; alumni who display an abiding love for and commitment towards CU; brotherhoods and sisterhoods, forged at CU, that are fruitful for ministry well beyond four to five years of campus life

Our Fourfold Purpose . . . To nurture, engage, equip, and send

The Faculty, committed by faith and empowered by the Spirit to produce world changers, pursues a fourfold purpose to . . . nurture, engage, equip, and send . . . the students, with whom they form a fellowship in, through, and for Christ.

(1) nurture, to cultivate each student’s personal relationship with God, enrich each student’s maturity of faith and knowledge about God, and assist in the development of Christian discipleship;

(2) engage, to lead students to a deeper understanding of the scriptures as well as the will and purpose of God for individuals, families, communities, and societies;

(3) equip, to assist in preparing students for the vocational calling of following Christ in all areas of life, church-related, parachurch, missions, and secular.

(4) send, to carry the school’s educational work within and beyond the walls of the campus to fulfill the mission of the University and the Christian faith.